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Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Pesach continued

Of course, there are always crumbs of chametz in a home that peopleare unable to find. For this and all of the stuff we have packed away (I have about 20 cartons and I am not done) there is the sale of chametz. A competent rabbi, (I used chabad.org) does a legal sale where a non-Jew ,is appointed by arabbi and technically owns all of the chametz for the duration of Pesach. If the non-Jew should help himself to the chametz according to my rabbi he owes about 15 to 20 times the value of the pots, pans, cereal etc.

On the morning of Pesach, we burn the chametz not already packed away (even all of my everday spice rack, ketchup, mustrd etc) must be burnt in a fire. I did mine overthe BBQ on the patio so I don't set the house on fire!! Anything found later (unlikely at that point must be made unusable (pour cleanser on it) and thrown out. This year, I can eat chametz until11.16AM Wed and it must be burnt by 12.19PM...

Then the fun begins..COOKING!!

Matzoh Ball Soup
Potato Kugel
Veggie Kugel
Turkey Breast
Kohlrabi

Sponge cake
Wine & lemon sauce
Brownies

The challenge of Passover is cooking with potato starch rather than flour, and of course no yeast. Recipes are tweaked constantly>>Traditions followed...

The seder..what is it?

The seder translates as order. There is a specific order of events in the HAGADDAH..which is the book we all read from at the table (dinner starts about 45 minutes into the hagaddah). For specifics on this go to http://www.chabad.org/).

So, nu, you want recipes? I will follow up a little later with recipes for chremsel, matzoh ball soup, potato kugel (with zucchini). and a few others. Right now, more kitchen prep.

Helen

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